Cold Spell Discussion (18/12/09) (Cold, Ice and Snow now arriving)

munsterlegend

Good precipitation charts for tomorrow per the latest charts - seem to head a good deal south except for cork.....only joking!

leahyl

munsterlegend wrote: »

Good precipitation charts for tomorrow per the latest charts - seem to head a good deal south except for cork.....only joking!

Cheeky!:D

munsterlegend

http://www.rte.ie/aertel/161-02.html

met eireann still have showers for munster in their update - not sure if they will spread that far south or if its an error but we cling to such grains of hope!

leahyl

Fellow weather freaks i must make the journey home - i shall talk to ye later! Keep talking snow!!:)

joes girls

darkman2 wrote: »

They are precipitation charts for tonight. Blue indicates something falling from the sky. The deeper the blue the heavier the precipitation. On the second chart the white lines show snow in precipitation.

Hope that helps!

So my little sunny southeast corner could be a very snowy corner in the morning???
Thanks btw!

Darkman, could you tell what time the snow would hit dublin from those charts?

Thanks .

Jake

JJJJNR

Looks like a dry night ahead.

The sky over Lucan is stunningly beautiful right now. Its pink purple, mauve cerise grey blue. Beautiful ever-changing art from the Sky. magic.:D

lol-just had a very light snow shower here in the northerly.

1c air temp
dewpoint -3.7c

Mr.Boots

Mr.Boots wrote: »

Im realy disapopinted this didnt turn into something more:(

patience lad
At your location near Annagh-all precip for the next week will be snow

wild handlin

It's trying it's best to snow... Cuilcagh Mountain is getting a flurry by the looks of things, we're just getting the odd small snow flake!!

thecretinhop

http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/dayforecast.asp?zipcode=galway&day=6


haha, I think its broke winds of 241 mph over galway!

winds like that would destroy us, galway city would look like Tuam after that!

ninebeanrows

Looking at this i would say that the coming week could be one of the coldest spells and most potentially exciting winter spells in many many years, really cold temperatures likely with potential for snow almost everywhere and with all those lows floating around next week i would not be surprised to see one or 2 big snow falls developing, next week will be a nowcast thing because the synoptic is so messy.

patneve

The coming cold spell reminds me a lot of the end of December 2000. A lot of snow showers in the north, west, and midlands

WolfeIRE

Deep Easterly wrote: »

That bank of cloud darkening the skies here in Galway at the moment. Fairly benign, inoccuous mid level stuff, but looks blue and red at the same time. Beautiful stuff.

could be something heading your way soon according to the latest met.ie radar deep.

MUSEIST

Weathercheck wrote: »

Looking at this i would say that the coming week could be one of the coldest spells and most potentially exciting winter spells in many many years, really cold temperatures likely with potential for snow almost everywhere and with all those lows floating around next week i would not be surprised to see one or 2 big snow falls developing, next week will be a nowcast thing because the synoptic is so messy.

yeah,
looking at the latest gfs thats a really complex low pressure and predicting where precipitation occurs is nearly impossible, this cold could stick around for a while longer and a exciting weekend and christmas week awaits:D

force eleven

Weathercheck wrote: »

Looking at this i would say that the coming week could be one of the coldest spells and most potentially exciting winter spells in many many years, really cold temperatures likely with potential for snow almost everywhere and with all those lows floating around next week i would not be surprised to see one or 2 big snow falls developing, next week will be a nowcast thing because the synoptic is so messy.

I certainly haven't seen as much uncertainty regarding the models for a long time, they are out of their comfort zone at the moment, no atlantic low pressure systems to come fizzing across the pond. As someone said, forecasting FI is really in the 72-96 plus period, which is unusual.

billy the squid

a few -1 degree readings in the latest weather page. its going to be fooking cold tonight.

Shzm

I don't have a fancy weather station or an ability to read weather charts, but, I would just like to say, It's £$)&£$ freezing outside!

Oh, Dublin 15.

:pac:

Scubadevils

I know I ask this every year but I forget due to an aging brain... what brought us the decent snowfall in either 2000 or 2001? - Was that from the NE or a direct N?

patneve

Felixdhc wrote: »

I know I ask this every year but I forget due to an aging brain... what brought us the decent snowfall in either 2000 or 2001? - Was that from the NE or a direct N?

I think it was a Northerly, not 100% sure. Dublin did get snowfall, but nothing compared to the north and west!
p.s. i'm talking about 27-30th December 2000

ninebeanrows

Just in relation to tonight, there is increased likelihood of snowfalls across northern parts, leinster, ulster, midlands, northwest, the front is pepped up on the latest GFS run and doesnt look thaat poorly organised moving south.

ninebeanrows

patneve wrote: »

I think it was a Northerly, not 100% sure. Dublin did get snowfall, but nothing compared to the north and west!
p.s. i'm talking about 27-30th December 2000

Yes there was 2 inch fall around Dublin in very calm conditions around then.

Scubadevils

patneve wrote: »

I think it was a Northerly, not 100% sure. Dublin did get snowfall, but nothing compared to the north and west!
p.s. i'm talking about 27-30th December 2000

This was another one so, think it might have been in January... probably 2001 come to think of it.

munsterlegend

Weathercheck wrote: »

Just in relation to tonight, there is increased likelihood of snowfalls across northern parts, leinster, ulster, midlands, northwest, the front is pepped up on the latest GFS run and doesnt look thaat poorly organised moving south.

met eireann have mentioned munster in their forecast or is that too far south?

WolfeIRE

Weathercheck wrote: »

Just in relation to tonight, there is increased likelihood of snowfalls across northern parts, leinster, ulster, midlands, northwest, the front is pepped up on the latest GFS run and doesnt look thaat poorly organised moving south.

Raintoday and met.ie radars show an increasing flow of shower activity to west as well. It's amazing how unpredictable the setup is and how it can change from one hour to the next. No wonder ME won't commit to too many specifics

patneve

Felixdhc wrote: »

This was another one so, think it might have been in January... probably 2001 come to think of it.

ahhh found it, couldn't remember it well as i was abroad:D 27th February 2001. Dublin airport was closed that day: http://www.rte.ie/news/2001/0227/snow.html

In_tuition

Weathercheck wrote: »

Just in relation to tonight, there is increased likelihood of snowfalls across northern parts, leinster, ulster, midlands, northwest, the front is pepped up on the latest GFS run and doesnt look thaat poorly organised moving south.

What about Louth/Meath area at sea level?

Any chance whatsoever?

force eleven

patneve wrote: »

I think it was a Northerly, not 100% sure. Dublin did get snowfall, but nothing compared to the north and west!
p.s. i'm talking about 27-30th December 2000

Yeah I remember that one, 27th I think it started - about 11 in the morning and continued for about 8 hours non stop, we had about 6 inches of level snow after that, I still have video footage. A totally unexpected event, pre internet radar (for me anyway)and all that...sometimes I think the internet has taken away the magic of an event like that somewhat....

maquiladora

12Z GFS isnt bad at all, looks like a slight upgrade for tomorrow nights snow event with almost all areas seeing some snow and then snow showers continued for some for several days with no thaw as temperatures drop very low and stay low right into the middle of next week at least.

Could be very interesting for some.